The Anchor
June 2019 The Newsletter of Hope Lutheran Church
211 Elton Adelphia Road Freehold NJ 07728
Phone (732) 462-7545 Fax (732) 462-9320
Worship Services with Holy Communion
Sunday Worship 9:30AM
Wednesday Worship TBD
Pastor: The Reverend Doctor Edward E Kropa, Jr
Minister of Music: Joshua Staudinger
Church Administrator: Cheryl Hurd
Hope Christian School Director: Judy Canfield
Communications Director: Kathryn Johnson
Congregational Council:
President Michael Della Rosa
Vice President Sharryn Papinchak
Treasurer
Secretary Debbie Unger
Youth Ministry Tara Zigler
Education Janet Creech
Fellowship Tom Landes
Support
Maintenance Stefan Martinsen
Social Ministry Siggy Kuehn
Outreach Bill Seifert
Worship John Drager
Youth Michael Woods
Hope Lutheran Church Email: [email protected]
Hope Lutheran Church Website: www.hopefreeho1d.org
Hope Christian School Email: [email protected]
Hope Christian School Website: www.hopechristianschoolfreehold.com
Anchored in Christ, Growing in Faith, Love and Service!
We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul…
WHY?
In his book “Start With Why,” Simon Sinek talks about The Golden Circle depicted
above. He argues that all companies and organizations attempt to answer these
three basic questions.
“Every single company and organization on the planet knows WHAT they do…
Some companies and people know HOW they do WHAT they do… Very few people
or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do… By WHY I mean
what is your purpose, cause or belief? WHY does your company exist? WHY do
you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?
“When most organizations or people think, act or communicate they do so from the
outside in, from WHAT to WHY. And for good reason – they go from clearest thing
to the fuzziest thing. We say WHAT we do, we sometimes say HOW we do it, but we
rarely say WHY we do WHAT we do.
“But not the inspired companies. Not the inspired leaders. Every single one of
them, regardless of their size or their industry, thinks, acts and communicates from
the inside out.”
(Simon Sinek, “Start With Why,” page 39)
What Sinek observes above is not just true for companies and other types of
organizations, I would argue. I believe his insights apply to churches as well.
Like all other organizations we, too, typically work from the outside in; from
WHAT to HOW to WHY. Every single member of Hope could probably tell
someone else “what” it is we do. Others may even be able to share specifically
“how” we do what we do. But as Sinek observed, few if any of us would be
able to articulate “why” exactly it is that we do what we do.
For example, one of our “whats” is worship. And the “how” might be
answered: “On Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 11:00 am by using the liturgies
and hymns found in the ELW (red hymnal) or WOV (blue hymnal). But the
real question, the most important question, is why. Why do we worship?
The same then can be said for Christian Education and literally every other
“what” we do as a congregation. To be truly effective, you always have to start
with “why,” says Sinek.
I was reminded of Simon Sinek and his book “Start With Why” after we met
last week with Jeff Spann from the Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA to
talk about church building programs. For over a year now, I have been
pointing out our space needs here at Hope and how we are “maxed out” in
terms of being able to do all the things we want to do as a congregation.
But that day Jeff challenged us with the “why” question. When putting
together a plan, he said, you always need to ask why. Why do you need
classroom space? Or office space? Or storage space? Or fellowship space? Or
whatever space”
It’s not enough to simply identify these kinds of needs or priorities or
possibilities. You also have to stop and think, and then articulate why you need
it, he said.
Very good advice, it seems to me, whether we’re thinking about the possibility
of a building program, or just considering how to refocus or revamp our current
ministry efforts. Regardless of the situation, in each and every circumstance
we always have to ask ourselves: Why?
Or at least we should.
Pastor Ed
Baptism….. No Baptisms in May.
Membership….
Our Love and Sympathy….
More News…. Women of Hope Memorial Fund Donations…. No donations were reported to
the office for the month of May. Any dedications in honor of loved ones
should be submitted through the office to document the dedication.
There is currently NO nursery attendant so unfortunately it appears that we will
not be able to provide this service throughout the summer. We are looking to
hire someone to replace Anna Maria! If you know of anyone or are interested
yourself, please let Cheryl know! 732-462-7545. Thank you!
Worship Planning Meeting
Monday, June 3 at 7:00PM
Gathering of Men Breakfast
Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month
at 9AM
June 8, 2019
Join the Gathering of Men for
breakfast, fellowship and sharing.
We’ll have breakfast and conversation.
Any questions may be directed to:
Gerry Bergh, 732-972-2799
Confirmation
Sunday, June 9, 2019
9:30AM
June 9 is Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit,
Birthday of the Christian Church and Confirmation. To
celebrate, please bring a red geranium, and place it in the
window wells, and WEAR RED ON PENTECOST
Long Range Planning Meeting
Monday, June 10 at 7:00PM
Women of Hope
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
at 6:30PM
at 799 Eltone Road in Jackson
Invites to come!
Monday, June 17
7:00PM
Wisdom Club is meeting the
THIRD Thursday of each month
at 11:30AM here at Hope in the
Narthex
June 20, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Game starts at 7PM
Tickets are $10 each
Scheduled for Sunday, June 23rd after
the 9:30AM Worship Service…
The Manor Worship Service
Sunday, June 23rd at 2:00PM
689 West Main Street in Freehold (right in front of CentraState)
Worship Service with Holy Communion
You are invited to join Pastor Kropa for assistance with this Nursing Home service,
please arrive at 1:45PM.
We need
Newspapers for a
VBS project!
Please bring in
any that you have
to spare! There is a large box for collection
right inside the entrance door! Thank you!
VBS – August 5 -9, 2019
9:00AM – 12:15PM Team Members NEEDED!
We are going on a space mission this year and
we need YOU to join us on our way to
Mars…and Beyond!
Contact Debbie Unger 732-577-1218
or Diane Kless 732-367-7081
to sign up for opportunities to serve and lead,
and most of all…. Have FUN!
WE NEED YOU!
We need someone to lead the Greeters
and Acolytes PLEASE!
Let’s take a minute to Congratulate the
high school and college graduates and
wish them all the best in their next phases
of life! We are SO proud of you all!!
** Riley Wolven will be graduating on June 26th from
Monroe Township High School. Riley will be
attending North Carolina State University in the fall
studying elementary education with a STEM
concentration and special ed minor.
** Simon Clarke will be graduating from Freehold
Township High School and will be attending Keene
State College in New Hampshire. He has received
scholarships for both Merit and French Horn. Simon
will be majoring in Music Composition.
** Tyler Brand will be graduating from Red Bank
Catholic this month. He will be attending Sacred
Heart University in the fall.
** Tyler Sterrett will be attending Brookdale in the
Computer Science program this upcoming fall.
** Michaels Woods will be graduating from Freehold
Township High School International Baccalaureate
Program. He will be attending the University of South
Carolina in the fall.
** Tanya Hedderman is graduating
from Jackson Memorial High School
and heading to West Chester
University in August to study early
childhood education with goalsto continue her
education to become an ESL teacher. Tanya was in
the Italian Honor Society in HS and also spent her 4
years in HS as a member of the Color Guard and as a
Senior was the Weapons Captain. She spent this past
winter season spinning with the Empress Winter
Guard and now also looks forward to continuing to
spin with the WCU Color Guard as well. She spent a
season in 8th grade volunteering with her mother at
Riding High Stables working with the special needs
children in their rehabiliation riding program. Tanya
has attended HOPE on a very regular basis since she
was an infant and has been involved with the Sunday
School program since pre-school and participated in
the youth choir, VBS, where she grew into a leadership
role, many many Youth Sundays and retreats to ATW
and Crossroads over the years as well staying actively
involved in the Youth Group. She spent many years
looking forward to finally being old enough to
participate in the Bosnia Mission Trip which she did in
2017 and looks forward to being able to a part of that
Mission again in the future. Tanya and her family
have also spent at least one Friday evening each
month over the winter months preparing and serving
meals to the Homeless Men of the Emergency Housing
program since its inception. She will continue to
remain active here at Hope as her schedule will allow
and will certainly find new programs to be a part of
once she is settled in at West Chester University.
** Lauren Platt is graduating from West Chester
University with a Bachelors in Music Education.
Lauren has been teaching music at Hope’s VBS for 10
years and is planning to return again this summer!
** Ryan Rifenburg is graduating with honors from
Unity College, Unity Maine with a double degree in
Wildlife Biology and Environmental Writing and
Media. He is starting his careet at Virginia Tech
doing a 6 month field study on white tailed deer.
** Andrew Hu is graduating from Ithaca College with
a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. He is currently
working on his final 3 month clinical rotation near
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Our BBQ was a HUGE success!!!!
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH! If you helped
with food, set up, clean up, brought something, made
something, showed up, we so greatly appreciate everything
you did! Without YOU, none of this is possible!
Worship’s Thrivent Mother’s Day
Fundraiser brought in $270 for our
Bosnia attendees. Thank you John
Drager for coordinating, and for my
(Cheryl) corsage which is still beautiful
and thriving!!
THANK YOU FROM US:
ALL of the members of Hope:
There is not enough thank you’s in the world to express how
grateful we are for your support and love while preparing for
the 20th Bosnia International Servant Trip! The ministry is
near and dear to each of our hearts for many various reasons
and being able to share our passion and love with you is a
blessing! Every penny has helped us to share peace and
leadership building with the kids in this beautiful broken
country. The kids each year remember who we are and even
kids who are now adults in Bosnia remember our ministry and
have shared how important it is to their life. YOU are a part of
that beauty and growth and that is amazing! Thank you and
please keep us in your prayers as we depart June 22nd until
July 3rd!
Thank you, Grace Burrows, Nicole Seitz, and Scott Weiss
JUNE BIRTHDAYS!
Kyle England Lori Starsinic
Jack Bonevich Shea Bresnahan
Jackie Daesener Karin Frueh
Matt Somodi Robert Lithgow Sr
Emily Driscoll Matthew Rosenberg
Kira Noseworthy Brady Mulcahy
Bryan Platt Renee DiGregorio
Shannon Mulcahy June Sprunger
Jennifer Rinker Christina DiGregorio
Scott Weiss Ben Lynch
Jessica Cottrell-Langley Deloris Laub
Daniel Hudak Jennifer Stenard
Neil Rifenburg Aidan Sweeney
Michelle Ward Robert Wilber Sr
Jeanette Finnila Sean Bertsch
Elaine Mineer Joseph Papinchak
Emily Ruegger Karen Alessi
Jane Wilber Melissa Dey
Sarah Woode-Afiriyie Jennifer Miller
Laura Becker Robert Robinson
Sean Bresnahan Julian Alessi
Joan Drager Grace Burrows
Jessica Free Patricia King
Madison Spicuzza Ryan Fischer
Grace DeFelice Mark Jackson
HOPE STATS Sun/Wed Attendance Sun School Offerings -did NOT + reached
May 5 107 $2,658 -$1,477
May 12 119 8 $6,274 +$2,139
May 19 93 - $2,375 -$1,760
May 26 74 - $2,895 -$1,240
Average Offering needed weekly to meet the proposed budget
offerings of $215,000 is $4,135
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